Spanish envoy meets President Spanish Ambassador in Bangladesh Luis Tejada Chacon made a farewell call on President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Monday. The outgoing ambassador told the President that he enjoyed his assignment in Bangladesh and hoped that...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Jessore, Kushtia, Noakhai and Comilla until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB....
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
Lately there has been a lot of talk about Bangladesh's forthcoming "demographic dividend" that could transform our country's fortunes in the years to come. Demographic dividend is accelerated economic growth resulting from a country's declining mortality and fertility rate and...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
The first yardstick to measure the performance of the economy is its growth rate. During the fourth quarter of every financial year, the government, research organisations and multi-national development agencies remain engaged in projecting the GDP (gross domestic product) growth...
The plea by the ministry of education (MoE) for an additional 15 per cent allocation under the medium-term budgetary framework (MTBF) has reportedly not received a patient hearing at the ministry of finance (MoF). On its part the MoE argued...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is expected to present the national budget for fiscal year 2015-16 in parliament next month. As the readers are aware, the budget of a country is an account of the government's income and expenditure for the...
Afroja Yesmin | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
Just think about a girl going to school with joy and smile, and on the next day she finds herself coiled in a bright red saree, waiting for her groom to arrive. This is not an uncommon sight in our...
The brilliant performance by the Tigers in the second One-Day International (ODI) against Pakistan outran their previous performances by a long way. It was the second win against their formidable opponents in 16 years when the Tigers last beat them...
Bangladesh is a democratic country where the people's representatives are supposed to make an environment for economic well-being of the people, most of whom are poor. It is true that the percentage of ultra-poor has been declining over the years....
Ahsan Habib from Michigan, USA | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
After five years of investigation, the European Union last week accused Google of antitrust violations. To comprehend the importance of this development, a review of antitrust issues is needed. Specifics may differ somewhat, but basic antitrust principles are the same...
Liton Chandro Sarkar | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
Hunger and malnutrition are big global challenges that confront humanity. Nearly 850 million people across the globe are hungry. More than two billion people suffer from deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals, and about the same number of people are...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Apr 20: Boro paddy on about 70 acres of land at Ramnathpur Ghatabil area under Badarganj upazila in Rangpur district has been damaged owing to toxic hot gas emitted from two brick kilns set up on agricultural lands. A...
RU Correspondent | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Apr 20: Protesting the incident of assaulting Rajshahi University (RU) Vice Chancellor, teachers and students of the varsity have declared Rajshahi lawmaker Omar Faruque Chowdhury unwanted yesterday. The teachers and students of the university protested the incident through...
Netrokona, Apr 20 (UNB): Two people, including a woman, was killed and 15 others injured in a clash over harvesting paddy from a disputed land at Shibasram village in Madan upazila on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Moslem...
RANGPUR, Apr 20 (BSS): Speakers at an anti-corruption coordination meeting have stressed on bringing up of the young students with honesty, good moral character and patriotism to inspire them in building a corruption-free society. They stressed on educating school students...
RANGPUR, Apr 20 (BSS): It was quite unthinkable even a decade ago that the extremely poor char people living on the Brahmaputra basin could think about marriage registration or society without social curses like child marriage and dowry. But now,...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Apr 20: Harvesting of garlic continuing in Nilphamari district is to be completed within a week or so. The cultivation of garlic is increasing in the district as its cultivation is profitable. Sources said it is possible to produce...
HABIGANJ, Apr 20 (BSS): A youth was killed and about 100 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Kauriakandi village under Baniachong upazila of the district today. Police said the clash broke out in the morning...
CHANDPUR, Apr 20 (UNB): A couple was hacked to death allegedly by their son-in-law over dowry at Kamranga village in Sadar upazila early Monday. The deceased were identified as Iqbal Hossain, 50, and his wife Mamtaz Begum, 40, residents of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-21 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Apr 20: The farmers and the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Tangail are expecting a bumper Aus production in Tangail this season. According to DAE Tangail sources, farmers of the district completed the Aus cultivation successfully. This year the...
PIROJPUR, Apr 20 (BSS): The re-construction works of two-storey six primary schools-cum-cyclone shelters were completed in coastal upazila of Matbaria here recently. The six primary educational institutions, which were completely damaged by the "Super Cyclone Sidr" in 2007, will now...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 20 (BSS): A total of 110 students from primary to under-graduation levels with special needs received stipend worth about Tk 0.54 million (5.46 lakh) for continuing their institutional learning in the district. District Administration and Department of Social...
Man killed over land dispute in Rajshahi A man was killed by one of his close relatives over a land dispute in Konabari village under Bagmara Upazila of the district today, police and locals said. The deceased was identified as...
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